Classes

General Information

The Hart School of Dance offers tuition in various dance styles. Our general classes are theatrically based comprising of jazz, tap and song and dance. Students enrolled in these classes participate in performances and exams and are expected to attend twice a week. Tiny Tots, Beginner Dance, Contemporary, Ballet, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop, Cheer and Acro are classes held once a week and have the opportunity to perform in our end of year show.

Our Tiny Tots and Beginners classes are conveniently scheduled on a Saturday morning to avoid 4pm tiredness! They are structured classes but include loads of creative play, incorporating activities that promote confidence, co-ordination, alignment, rhythm and self awareness. Tiny Tots is a great stepping stone to Pre-school.

We also offer once a week Junior and Intermediate classes in Classical Ballet, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre and Contemporary dance styles and have a new stream of training with Cheer (Stunt & Pom) and Acrobatics and Tumbling.

All Hart Teachers are qualified and have a current Working With Children Check, loads of professional performance and teaching experience.

Dance Styles

Jazz

All styles of jazz as we know it today can be traced back to its roots in Africa & the Caribbean and is a well loved style of dance all over the world.

Tap

The unique fusion of British Isles Clog & Step dancing, with the rhythms of West African drumming & dancing in colonial times, created an ever-evolving art form that continues to flourish today. Tap (metal) plates attached to the toe & heel of shoes makes a percussive sound and is considered a form of music. (Fred Astaire considered himself a percussionist)!

Music Theatre

Hip-Hop

Created in the 1970's and involving breaking, locking & popping, sometimes called New Style & Jazz Funk, made popular and growing in popularity by 'Crews'.

Lyrical

A sub-category of Jazz with elements of classical ballet, lyrical dance is expressive, subtle but dynamic, focussing on musicality and emotion through music.

Contemporary

Utilises both the strong & controlled leg work of ballet coupled with contact and release, floor work, fall & recovery, changes in rhythm, speed, & direction and is very assertive.

Acro

Art of jumping, tumbling, and balancing. One who is skilled in feats of balance and agility in gymnastics.

Classical

Originating in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th Century it is a highly technical form of dance with it’s own vocabulary based on French terminology. It is the foundational technique of many dance genres.